Joseph Monier et la naissance du ciment armé
By: Jacques Degenne, Bernard Marrey
Contributors: Marrey, Bernard, author
Edition: 2e édition.
Publisher: Éditions du Linteau
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9782910342869
Subjects: Reinforced concrete; History; Reinforced concrete construction; Designs and plans; Engineers; Biography
Description: The invention of cement revolutionized construction and civil engineering. It is not - as one might think - from the brain of a diploma engineer, but the experience of a gardener. As it was the fashion, there was rock throwing of cement on a fence. He observed that this material was both waterproof and rot proof and used it in place of wooden flower boxes. Noticing that this material had a high resistance, it was used for bins, first small then large, then tanks, soon beams, bridges... The book traces the history of this slow development which was carried out over a dozen years, as well as trial and error and achievements of other researchers, in France, the United States, Great Britain and Germany.
Notes: Originally published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.